Meat-slicing machine.



MEAT SLICING MACHINE.

APPUCATION FILED MAR.6.1912.

Patented July 31, 1917.

wimdawu 5513K@ QIHHJ FREDERICK EDWARD HODDERSEN-BALLING, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MEAT-SLICING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed March 6, 1912. Serial No. 681,900.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK EDWARD HoDDnRsEN-BALLING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Slicing Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to meat slicing machines, having reference more especially to that well-known class of machines which include in their construction a relatively reciprocating meat supporting table and a rotary cutting disk arranged in cooperative relation to each other, whereby a body of ham, or the like, which is supported on the table in such position as to project forwardly beyond the lateral vertical planel of the cutter, may be fed into and across 'the path of the latter and the forwardly projecting portion of the body thus be progressively sliced therefrom.

The object of my invention is to provide for machines of the character mentioned a novel abutment, structure which is mounted and arranged on the reciprocating table in position to bear against and support in opposition to the thrust of the cutter the outer lateral portion of the ham, etc., throughout the entire slicing operation, whereby a uniform and efcient severance of the slice from the body is effected without any liability of the slice,` when partially severed, being prematurely torn or broken od. 'lo this end, my invention, as generally stated, comprises various novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln' the drawings- Figure l is afront elevation of a meat slicing machine equipped with my abutment structure, only so much o-f the machine being shown as is necessary to illustrate my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the structure, detached.

A indicatesa horizontally movable tablel upon which the ham or other body of meat to be sliced is supported immediately upon the feed-plate a, which is automatically fed forward on the guides am; B a rotary cutting disk into the path of which the said body is progressively fed and across which it is reciprocated by the table in its travel; and C a driving shaft which is operatively connected with the cutter and the table so that actuation of the shaft eects the rotation of the cutter and the reciprocation of the table. The connection between the driving shaft -Vand the cutter includes the sprocket gearing b; and the connection between the shaft and the table includes the connecting rod a and the crank a of the driving gear. As this mechanism is of wellknown construction and operation it is not deemed necessary herein to show or describe the same in detail. For a fuller understanding thereof reference may be had to United States Patent No. 920,506, dated May 4, 1909.

My invention, which is designed more particularly as an attachment for any slicing machine of the character above referred to, comprises essentially an abutment member which is secured to the movable table A in such manner as to support against horizontal thrust the outer side of the ham or ,other body as the slice is being severed by impact with the cutter. The said member is arranged to travel with the table toward the cutter and thus to' counteract the thrust of the cutter until the lslice has been completely severed. This abutment member is not attached to the feed plate a and does not interfere with its forward movement.

The abutment member in its preferred construction comprises a vertically disposed plate l shaped to conform with the opposing outer side of the body of meat against which it impinges. ln the present instance the plate is illustrated as curved to present a substantial bearing surface to the side of a ham for instance, and the rearward edge of the plate as liared slightly outward (as at m) to permit the free forward feeding of the ham preparatory to the severance therefrom of a slice of predetermined thickness. The lower part of the plate 1 has aliixed thereto a laterally extending bar 2 which is slidingly fitted to horizontal apertures 3 in the arched Y upper portion of a vertical bracket l which s aflixed, as by bolts 5, to the outer end of the movable table A, that is, the end remote from the cutter. The bar is slidingly fitted to a horizontally perforated clamp block 6 which is located within the arched portion of thel bracket and is provided with a vertical screw shank 7. This shank extends freely through an aperture in the top of the bracket and is equipped on its outer portion with an ordinary thumb-nut 8, by the manaeeis nipulation of which the clamp block may be raised to clamp the shank fixedly to the bracket, or be depressed to release the shank. When the nut is unscrewed from the top of the bracket the shank, being,1 free from the clamping action of the block, may be moved longitudinally in order to set the abutment member firmly against the opposing' side of the body supported on the feed plate a of the table and then by resorewinp; the nut the shank and its abutment member may be securely clamped and held in the position of adjustment.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my invention provides a simple' and eiiicient structure which eectually supports the outer side of the ham or other body of meat during the cutting operation, and thereby obviates any liability of the outer edge of the slice breaking` ed or ranging before it has been completely severed by the edge of the cutter. Although the cutter disk B is shown on a ixed airis While the table A is shown as reeiprocating, it is of course understood that it is necessary merely that the parts A and B relatively reciprocate.

it is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the specific details of construction herein shown and described.

l claimln a meat-slicing machine, a relatively reciproca-tive rotary cutter and a meat supporting; table; a iiat feed-plate feedably slidable on said table in a direction lateral to the relative reciproca-tion of said cutter and table; means secured to the feedplate for clamping the meat directly upon said feedplate and comprising a member extending up at the side of the plate and a member eX- tendingacross the :meat-plate;l an upright bracket fixed to the meat-table out of the path oi' travel of said feed-plate and clamping' means; a horizontally extending shank adjnstably secured to said bracket and eX- tending' over said feed-plate; and an enlarged rearwardly flared meat-abutment carried by the inner end of said shank and disposed over said feed-plate out of Contact therewith, said abutment being?,` entirely independent in its support from said feedplate and iixed in position relatively to said meat-supporting table.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this fifth day of March A. D. 1912.

FREBERCK EDWARD HODDERSllN-BALLUG. Witnessesz M. B. Gonny/EY, JOHN NOLAN. 

